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(...) Which begs the question (or asks for it nicely, anyway): Has anybody ever had any problems with the contacts in 9v train motors getting dirty / corroded? ROSCO (23 years ago, 20-Sep-01, to lugnet.trains)
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Brit speak? Hahaha. I thought the language was called English... It's you Americans that are changing the words - A refresher course : Color is spelt C-O-L-O-U-R. Aluminium is pronounced Al-u-min-ee-um. The the day comes -before- the month, ie - (...) (23 years ago, 20-Sep-01, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) Naaa... the #1 place to shave studs is off the hoods, he has them going right out to the very end but there ought to be end walkways/steps... So shave a stud or two off the hood length. I know that getting him to build 6 wide would be like (...) (23 years ago, 20-Sep-01, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) Back when I was running 12v track, I found a few tricks to keep the trains running reliably. Clean track is a much bigger issue in 12v than in 9v, due to the sliding (rather than rolling) contacts. The two big problems were that (1) dust (...) (23 years ago, 20-Sep-01, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) Heh. I got my mania mag today too. :) The caption that accompanies it is "Press a button to magically toss the luggage out of the train." Incidently, the mania mag also has pictures of the HP actors next to their minifigs - thumbs up on the (...) (23 years ago, 20-Sep-01, to lugnet.trains)
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